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"Traditional, but Puzzling" (unsung.aresluna.org)

45 points by colinprince 4d ago | 7 comments

degamad 2d ago
As an element of backwards rationalisation, my brain interprets "ENOTTY" as "E-NO-TTY" (Error: NO TeleTYpe available) which is the rough current meaning, rather than "E-NOT-TY" (Error: NOT a TYpewriter) which is the original meaning.
bee_rider 2d ago
I’m pretty sure it is ENO-TTY. Because who among us hasn’t started up our computers only to realize that our terminal had been replaced by the renown ambient electronic artist?
gwerbin 2d ago
Your interpretation seemed so obvious and natural to me that I never once considered it could have a different etymology, until now.
ehnto 2d ago
Reminds me of a more recent parking lot error. I have a parking card with attached account, and credit card for automatic payments. I also had a specific car and it's plate attached so I didn't have to tap the card.

I had to cancel the credit card so automatic payments decline, and I don't always drive the same car in which case I have to tap the parking card.

The result of all this:

When I leave the parking lot in a different car after paying manually at the gate, the message displayed is "Payment Declined: Exit permitted"

gambiting 2d ago
It reminds me of an unexpectedly wholesome message displayed on certain parking machines here in the UK - "change possible"
anArbitraryOne 2d ago
I read the title as "traditional butt puzzling" and expected something slightly different
syncsynchalt 2d ago
See also "lp0 on fire", an error message for generic printer problems on Linux.

https://musings.danlj.org/2019/05/15/incomplete-information....